St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-03
SUNDAYS STORM.
IL Raised Havoc at Numerous Places
in the Northwest.

Special TO the Globe.
STEELE. Oak. May 2.-Seyeral DAYS of
exceedingly warm weather. with the ther-
mometer indicating from $50 to 81 : de-
grees in the shade, were succeeded vester-
day BY thunder storms and heavy winds.
Late last night the wind increased almost
to hurricane and brought on a genuine
blizzard from the north. Snow. wet and
heavy. covers the ground. and at this honr
the blizzard is still raging, though not quite
so merely. Trains are all DELAYED more Or
less.
AT CANNON FALLS
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CANNON FALLS, May "A very severe
hall storm visited this vicinity about 1880
O'Clock last evening, which did considera-
BILE damage to window glass. The hail
stones We're as large as ever seen here. a
number measuring as much as eight inches
III circumference.
AT ROCHESTER,.
Special to the Globe.
ROCHESTER, May 2.-The wind blew
perfect gale through this section yesterday.
Numbers of buildings are reported as hav-
ing been blown down. A large stone barn
OF l.. S. Cutting. in Cascade, was unroofed
and shaken up so as to have to be rebuilt.
his hay sheds were also demolished In
the city the shade trees were badly broken
and numerous large signs blown down. A
heavy rainstorm, accompanied by hail,
possed over the city about 6 o'clock D. NJ.
AT BROWNSVILLE.
Special 10 the GLOBE.
BROWNsDALE, MIMI, Nav 2.-An EN-.
bryo cyclone struck this village to-day al
$50 o'clock. Limbs OF trees, shingles and
dust filled the air for short time. Out
buildings were turned over. roofs ripped I'D
and some glass broken. The damage was
unimpOrtant, but the terrific wind directly
from the south and the threatening appear
ance of the clouds sent everybody to their
cellars for safety.
AT BLACK RIVER FALLS.
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BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis, May O.
Yesterday was an exceedingly warm day.
About s o'clock in the evening the wind
commenced blowing strong gale from the
southwest which increased to almost a tor
nado. At $3.50 the shower separated and a
part went to the east and part to the west
of us. Early this morning the wind COM
menced blowing and has blown all day like
a hurricane, filling the air with dust, blow
ing off frail roofs and blowing down signs
Court House square was blown down. The
air has been very chilly.
AT FERGUS FALLS.
Special to the Globe.
FERGUS FALLS, Mimi, May "A
terrible wind storm struck the southern part
of this city at 5 D. III. SUNDAY, unrootiug
several barns and demolishing smaller build
ingS, blowing down numberleSS chmnevs.
t1.y
frightened and fled to their cellars. No
one was injured. The extent of the dam
age, if any, in the country has not been as
certained.
AT wABASHA.
Special to the Globe.
WABAsHA, May "A very heavy wind
storm blew over this place last night
Trees were blown down, houses unroofed
and out-buildings badly damaged. The
most serious loss fell on the proprietors Of
the Hurd house, one of the leading hotels
here A brick yeneered addition to the
main building, three stories high and sixty
five feet long, which was nearing compile
ton, was caught by the wind and COM
pletely thrown down. Not a timber was
left standing. A large force of workmen
are engaged this morning in clearing away
the rubbish preparatory to rebuilding.
AT FARGO.
Special to the Globe.
FARGO, OAK, May 2.-The storm last
evening. in which was some hail. was fol-
lowed by cooler weather and heavy rain.
To-day it has showed much of the day, but
as the wheat is mostly sown no damage
will result.
AT SUPERIOR.
S9Sofal to the Globe.
~SUPERIOR, Wis. May "A heavy wind
and rainstorm ragged here all last night and
this morning. Two new buildings at West
Superior were struck by lightning and
heavily damaged. The residence of O. 4.
Britton, in the upper portion of the city,
narrowly escaped being burned TO the
ground. Mrs. Britton and her sister. whn
We're sleeping together in the second story
OF the house, heard commOtion on the
ground floor and descended to find that one
of the parlor sofas had caught fire from
lightning. which had entered through the
floor. The sofa was carried out doors and
the fire eXtinguished.
AT LA CROSSE.
Special to the Globe.
LA CROSSE, Wis, May 2.-During the
storm last night Chales Newberg's house,
barn and granery, III the town of Wash.
ington. were struck by lightning and con-
sumed. The wind was blowing forty miles
an hour and all the outbuldings were
consumed. A number of buildings
were blown down in the vicinity.
Princeton's Narrow Escape.
Special to the Globe.